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  • A Basic Study of Schwalm Embroidery with Barbara M. Kershaw
    Taught by Barbara M. Kershaw (view bio)

    ICC, Surface Embroidery

    A Basic Study of Schwalm Embroidery introduces the student to the beautiful style of whitework from Germany known as Schwalm Embroidery.

  • Avondale with Carol Currier
    Taught by Carol Peao Currier (view bio)

    GCC, Surface Embroidery

    Avondale is an exploration of a summer garden using basic crewel embroidery stitches in interesting combinations.

  • Bargello and Design with Gail Stafford
    Taught by Gail Stafford (view bio)

    GCC, Canvas

    Bargello and Design is a course designed for intermediate and advanced stitchers who want to create their own square Bargello samplers. The class focus is to design a sampler, and Bargello is the type of canvas embroidery used in the design.

  • Beginner’s Hardanger with Marion Scoular
    Taught by Marion Scoular (view bio)

    GCC, Counted Thread

    On Beginner's Hardanger students will learn the basic techniques of Hardanger with the option of stitching in a solid color or experimenting with Watercolours®. Available to individual members as a GCC Lightning Round through November 30, 2023. Register here!

  • Beginning Teneriffe Lace with Jonalene Gutwein
    Taught by Jonalene Gutwein (view bio)

    GCC, Lace

    Beginning Teneriffe Lace will give you the basics of the beautiful needlelace technique of Teneriffe.

  • Crazy Quilting with J. Marsha Michler
    Taught by J. Marsha Michler (view bio)

    ICC, Quilting

    Learn new skills in Victorian Crazy Quilting in this comprehensive Individual Correspondence Course that will bring you to a mastery level of this much-loved art and craft.

  • Design for Needlework with India Hayford
    Taught by India Hayford (view bio)

    ICC, Design

    Our Individual Correspondence Course Design for Needlework with India Hayford is for the technically adept embroiderer who wishes to create unique embroideries.

  • Embroidery with Mixed Media with Laura Smith
    Taught by Laura Smith (view bio)

    GCC, Mixed Media and 3D

    Study the amazing possibilities of four cool “new” mixed media materials on Embroidery with Mixed Media.

  • English Smocking with Kim Sanders
    Taught by Kim Sanders (view bio)

    ICC, Smocking

    On this Individual Correspondence Course, students will learn common smocking and accent stitches and master correct tension as they work a series of samplers.

  • English Summer with Cheryl Sharp
    Taught by Cheryl Sharp (view bio)

    GCC, Surface Embroidery

    On English Summer you will learn how to prepare the fabric, transfer designs, and set up an embroidery on stretcher bars among other things. Available to individual members as a GCC Lightning Round through November 30, 2023. Register here!

  • Exploring Jacobean Crewel Embroidery with Carol Peao Currier
    Taught by Carol Peao Currier (view bio)

    ICC

    Jacobean Embroidery is a form of English crewel embroidery on linen from the early 17th century. The student will research the history of the period including the origin of typical design motifs and colors used in household furnishings. The student will then translate their research into a stitched design of their own choosing. The student also has the option to stitch the provided design.

  • Finishing with Flair with Marion Scoular
    Taught by Marion Scoular (view bio)

    GCC, Finishing

    Finishing with Flair is a notebook Group Correspondence Course covering three useful techniques for finishing needlework and instructions for lacing needlework for framing.

  • GCC Encore: A Touch of Fall with Jane Ellen Balzuweit
    Taught by Jane Ellen Balzuweit (view bio)

    GCC, Counted Thread, GCC Encore

    A Touch of Fall is created using a 17th century white work technique, Dresden Lace, a combination of pulled thread and surface embroidery.

  • GCC Encore: Ancestree with Carolyn Standing Webb
    Taught by Carolyn Standing Webb (view bio)

    GCC, Counted Thread, GCC Encore

    On Ancestree you will work on a tree of life design that will feature five generations of your family.

  • GCC Encore: Cosmos with Kim Sanders
    Taught by Kim Sanders (view bio)

    GCC, Surface Embroidery, GCC Encore

    Cosmos introduces students to needle painting, one of the most realistic forms of surface embroidery.

  • GCC Encore: Daydreams with Barbara Kershaw
    Taught by Barbara M. Kershaw (view bio)

    GCC, Schwalm

    Join Barbara Kershaw in Daydreams, a Group Correspondence Course focused on Schwalm embroidery, a beautiful form of German whitework embroidery traditionally worked on an off white evenweave linen with white thread. Available to individual members as a GCC Lightning Round through November 30, 2023. Register here!

  • GCC Encore: Desert Strands with Becky Autry
    Taught by Becky Autry (view bio)

    GCC, Counted Thread, GCC Encore

    Desert Strands combines 18 different stitches with blocks of Russian drawn thread.

  • GCC Encore: Fall Colors, A Study in Rozashi with Margaret Kinsey
    Taught by Margaret Kinsey (view bio)

    GCC, Counted Thread, GCC Encore

    Fall Colors is a study in traditional Rozashi embroidery. The leaves, the water, the water lines, the sky, background are a study in the stitches that are traditional to Rozashi.

  • GCC Encore: Fandango with Barbara Kershaw
    Taught by Barbara M. Kershaw (view bio)

    GCC, GCC Encore

    Fandango is focused on Punto Antico, one of many beautiful styles of Italian whitework embroidery.

  • GCC Encore: Jacobean Fantasy with Kay Stanis
    Taught by Kay Stanis (view bio)

    GCC, GCC Encore, Silk and Metal

    Giving new interpretation to designs of the seventeenth century and blending them with the silk and metal of the twenty-first, in Jacobean Fantasy, we will create an exquisite floral design on silk fabric with detached sheer fabric.

  • GCC Encore: Love and Laughter with Denise Harrington Pratt
    Taught by Denise Harrington Pratt (view bio)

    GCC, Counted Thread, GCC Encore

    This lovely counted thread piece was inspired by the abundance of colors and flowers in nature. It was also inspired by the abundance of stitches available to the counted thread embroiderer. And Denise’s motto is, when you don’t have the stitch you need, invent one! This piece offers the student a great opportunity to play with a lot of different stitches that are used in unique ways to create vibrant, stylized flowers.

  • GCC Encore: Mythical Myrtle with Barbara Kershaw
    Taught by Barbara M. Kershaw (view bio)

    GCC, Surface Embroidery, Counted Thread, GCC Encore

    Explore the magnificent stitches of Casalguidi embroidery in Mythical Myrtle.

  • GCC Encore: The Princess and the Pea with Marion Scoular
    Taught by Marion Scoular (view bio)

    GCC, Counted Thread, GCC Encore

    Teacher Marion Scoular's interpretation of the beloved fairy tale includes pattern darning, Blackwork, Hardanger (no cutting!) and a small amount of surface stitchery, all explicitly covered in a 26-page, well-illustrated booklet.

  • Guanin: Gourd Flower with Margaret Kinsey
    Taught by Margaret Kinsey (view bio)

    GCC, Silk and Metal

    Guanin: Gourd Flower with teacher Margaret Kinsey is a study of Silk and Metal Threads for beginners. In this study, the beginning student will work with gold twist, #5 Japan gold, #7 gold check thread, Copper pearl purl, copper twist, copper check purl, #1 Copper, and silk floss. The ground fabric is silk satin with a cotton backing fabric.

  • Hearts for You with Denise Harrington Pratt
    Taught by Denise Harrington Pratt (view bio)

    GCC, Counted Thread

    Our Group Correspondence Course Hearts for You with Denise Harrington Pratt is an opportunity for the student to learn a variety of finishing techniques for use with counted thread work and to create a lovely four-piece set of needlework accoutrements.

  • How Does Your Garden Grow? with Carol Currier
    Taught by Carol Peao Currier (view bio)

    GCC, Surface Embroidery

    How Does Your Garden Grow? is a study of basic crewel stitches and techniques. The design is worked on crewel linen or linen twill in your choice of color.

  • Introduction to Metal Thread Embroidery with Kay Stanis
    Taught by Kay Stanis (view bio)

    ICC, Silk and Metal

    Our Individual Correspondence Course Introduction to Metal Thread Embroidery is an in-depth study of the techniques of metal thread embroidery that will introduce the student to the shimmer of real gold and silver on fabric.

  • Keeping in Shape with Gwen Nelson
    Taught by Gwen Nelson (view bio)

    GCC, Beading

    On Keeping in Shape, the student uses various techniques such as circular and flat peyote to make a necklace with 13 three-dimensional beaded pieces.

  • Mark and Paint on Canvas and Fabric with Laura Smith
    Taught by Laura Smith (view bio)

    GCC, Mixed Media and 3D

    On our Group Correspondence Course Mark and Paint on Canvas and Fabric, you will mark and paint one design onto needlepoint canvas and one onto silk fabric.

  • More Than a Rose with Melinda Sherbring
    Taught by Melinda Sherbring (view bio)

    GCC, Surface Embroidery

    More Than a Rose is a small piece designed to introduce students to some stitches and raised work techniques used on English sweet bags ca. 1600.

  • Online Class: Blustery Conditions with Terri Bay
    Taught by Terri Bay (view bio)

    Online Course, Closed Registration

    Blustery Conditions will lead the stitcher through a review of the basics of Hardanger such as kloster, cable, and blanket stitches, then continue onto more advanced filling stitches and techniques. Registration: April 5 - May 3, 2023. Class schedule: July 5 - August 16, 2023. 

  • Online Class: Haystacks of Giverny with Katherine Diuguid
    Taught by Katherine Diuguid (view bio)

    Online Course, Closed Registration

    Taking inspiration from Monet’s haystacks, students will learn a non-traditional approach to quilting and embroidery. Digitally printed images will be layered and stitched to create a composition unique to each student. Registration: February 1 - March 1, 2023. Class schedule: May 3-24, 2023.

  • Online Class: Starlight Angel with Kurdy Biggs
    Taught by Kurdy Biggs (view bio)

    Online Course, Closed Registration

    On this class with teacher Kurdy Biggs we will bring Star Light to life using a stitch library consisting of variations of the Crescent stitch, along with Jessicas, Walnetos, and Mistake stitches. Registration: January 4, 2023 - February 1, 2023. Class schedule: April 5, 2023 - May 17, 2023.

  • Online Class: Whale Tale Journal with Catherine Jordan
    Taught by Catherine Jordan (view bio)

    Online Course, Closed Registration

    Explore the possibilities of adding color, shading and highlights to simple black work! This class will begin with outlines of the whale and waves; with easy-to-understand instructions, the whale will come alive and be tossed about on a sea of waves with simply the addition of pH neutral textile paint. The back cover is reserved for the maker’s or receiver’s mark in a nautically themed compass. An easily finished and secure four-sided edging completes this small treasure. A fun class for those ready to take their work to the next level with the addition of color, shading and highlights! Registration dates: Registration: March 1 - April 5, 2023. Class schedule: June 7 - July 19, 2023.

  • Online Studio Class: A Love of Christmas with Kim Beamish
    Taught by Kim Beamish (view bio)

    Online Course, Open Registration

    Create a seasonal needle set that includes pin cushion, needle book and scissor fob using Pulled Thread and Surface Embroidery techniques. Registration: September 6 - October 4, 2023. Class schedule: December 6, 2023 - February 14, 2024.

  • Online Studio Class: Counted Thread and Lacis Bell Pull with Jonalene Gutwein
    Taught by Jonalene Gutwein (view bio)

    Online Course, Closed Registration

    Counted Thread and Lacis Bell Pull is a 15 week course with one border taught each week. Counted Thread and Lacis Bell Pull is a contemporary interpretation of the traditional lacis that uses the existing linen for the lacework instead of making a netting for the embellishing stitches. Registration: June 7 - July 5, 2023. Class schedule: September 6 - December 13, 2023.

  • Online Studio Class: Frank the Zebra with Hazel Blomkamp
    Taught by Hazel Blomkamp (view bio)

    Online Course, Closed Registration

    This design is featured in Blomkamp’s latest book, Crewel Animal Portraits. It is worked with an interesting variety of embroidery, needlelace, needleweaving, and bead embroidery techniques, with the focus of the design being an unconventional method to create the stripes of the hide. Registration: July 5, 2023–Aug. 2, 2023 Class schedule: Oct. 4, 2023–Oct. 25, 2023

  • Online Studio Class: Hummingbird in Silk and Gold with Lizzy Pye
    Taught by Lizzy Pye (view bio)

    Coming soon

    Learn how to handle traditional silks known as flat or filament silks, which are untwisted. Stitch silk shading (long and short stitch), satin stitch and stem stitch to create splashes of color amongst the gold. Learn to create smooth felt padding and embellish with traditional goldwork techniques of couching and colored couching, pearl purl, invisibly stitched twist and chipping. Registration: October 4 - November 1, 2023. Class schedule: February 7 - March 27, 2024.

  • Online Studio Class: Mandala Hoop Embroidery with J. Marsha Michler
    Taught by J. Marsha Michler (view bio)

    Online Course, Coming soon

    Use many different embroidery stitches to create a mandala-style design within a 6" (15.24cm) circle. Begin the design at the center and allow it to grow by adding on. Observe the design emerge as you add to it! This design class demonstrates a form of freestyle embroidery. Other mandala-type designs will be presented within the class, showing how an endless variety of designs is possible. Registration: May 1 - June 5, 2024. Class schedule: August 7 - 21, 2024.

  • Online Studio Class: Primroses with Merrilyn Heazlewood
    Taught by Merrilyn Heazlewood (view bio)

    Online Course, Closed Registration

    Bring the summer joy of primroses into your home all year round. Clusters of French knots complement the needlepoint stitches. Gumnut Yarns’ “Buds” and “Poppies” create a light, airy pattern to the tile. Kreinik® metallic adds sparkle. Primroses is stitched on 18-count canvas with 16 different stitches. Two colorways are offered. Flowers will be created with 7mm silk ribbon. Registration dates: Aug. 2, 2023–Sept. 6, 2023 Class schedule: Nov. 1, 2023–Dec. 13, 2023

  • Online Studio Class: Star Spangled Sampler with Dawn Fisher
    Taught by Dawn Fisher (view bio)

    Online Course, Closed Registration

    This patriotic sampler was designed as a tribute to the original Star Spangled Banner, which inspired Francis Scott Key to write our National Anthem. During this class, students will learn over 30 unique stitches: two stitches for each of the 15 red, white, and blue stripes, plus two variations of the Star Eyelet. Registration: May 3, 2023 - June 7, 2023. Class schedule: August 2, 2023 - September 13, 2023.

  • Online Studio Class: Trevelyon’s Needlebook with Kathy Andrews
    Taught by Kathy Andrews (view bio)

    Coming soon

    Sweet flowers and fresh, green leafy vines stitched on creamy ivory linen combine in this delightful needlebook. Its design is inspired by the Trevelyon Miscellany of 1608—a book that’s more than 400 years old—compiled at the end of the Renaissance. Together we will embroider this design using satin stitch, stem stitch, long and short shading, leaf stitch, and trellis work. Registration: February 7—March 6, 2024. Class schedule: May 1, 2024–May 29, 2024

  • Papillon is an introductory course on filet embroidery. In this 5-lesson course participants will learn briefly about the history of filet work.

  • Perfectly Counted Crosses with Carolyn Standing Webb
    Taught by Carolyn Standing Webb (view bio)

    GCC, Counted Thread

    In Perfectly Counted Crosses you will learn how to create a sampler that will dazzle those who see it with perfectly executed crossed stitches.

  • Rainbows Bend: A Course on Color Theory with Carole Rinard
    Taught by Carole Rinard (view bio)

    ICC, Color Theory

    From color wheels to how to use color in your own work, our Individual Correspondence Course, Rainbows Bend: A Course on Color Theory is a comprehensive study of color.

  • Reticello Needle Book with Jonalene Gutwein
    Taught by Jonalene Gutwein (view bio)

    GCC, Lace

    This Group Correspondence Course is the next step for the experienced drawn thread enthusiasts who wish to begin learning the technique of reticello. It incorporates the pulled 4-sided stitch, the cutting of threads in both directions, satin stitched edges, and needle weaving.

  • In Shimmering Dreams, ever-larger sparkling squares rotate around a shiny central medallion to finish in a star silhouette. Available to individual members as a GCC Lightning Round through November 30, 2023. Register here!

  • Silk and Metal Thread Embroidery with Kay Stanis
    Taught by Kay Stanis (view bio)

    ICC, Silk and Metal

    Our Individual Correspondence Course Silk and Metal Thread Embroidery is an in-depth study of the various techniques of silk and metal thread embroidery.

  • Snowflake Ball with Denise Harrington Pratt
    Taught by Denise Harrington Pratt (view bio)

    GCC, Canvas

    The Snowflake Ball is a three-dimensional, beaded needlework ball. You don’t have to understand geometry to stitch this fun piece.

  • Spring Splendor with Kay Stanis
    Taught by Kay Stanis (view bio)

    GCC, Surface Embroidery

    On Spring Splendor you will learn couching, filling with purls, blending long and short over padding and how to transfer your patterns and twist flat silk.

  • Star-Spangled Puzzle Ball with Denise Harrington Pratt
    Taught by Denise Harrington Pratt (view bio)

    GCC, Canvas

    Star-Spangled Puzzle Ball offers the opportunity to discover the joy of taking counted thread embroidery into three dimensions by creating a “puzzle ball.”

  • Sweet Bag Sewed of Silver and Gold with Melinda Sherbring
    Taught by Melinda Sherbring (view bio)

    GCC, Surface Embroidery

    Stitch an embroidered bag like the ones that were in style in England from the mid-1500s to the mid-1600s on Sweet Bag Sewed of Silver and Gold. Available to individual members as a GCC Lightning Round through November 30, 2023. Register here!

  • Symphony with Barbara Kershaw
    Taught by Barbara M. Kershaw (view bio)

    GCC

    Work on a beautiful, pulled thread set comprising of an embroidery pouch and smalls that will be a wonderful addition to your sewing basket.

  • Taming the Stash Monster with Laura Smith
    Taught by Laura Smith (view bio)

    GCC, Mixed Media and 3D, Organization

    Get your stash under control with our course Taming the Stash Monster: Clearing your stash, purchasing strategies, archival storage, inventory and more.

  • Techniques for Canvas Embroidery with Diane Herrmann
    Taught by Diane Herrmann (view bio)

    ICC, Canvas

    Our Techniques for Canvas Embroidery Individual Correspondence Course is an in-depth study of the various techniques used in canvas embroidery.

  • Thank Goodness It’s Finished with Kim Sanders
    Taught by Kim Sanders (view bio)

    GCC, Finishing

    Thank Goodness It’s Finished teaches a variety of skills needed to assemble embroideries into their final form.

  • The Art of Teaching Embroidery with Kay Stanis and Carole Lake
    Taught by Kay Stanis & Carole Lake (view bio)

    ICC, Teaching

    Are you interested in becoming a better teacher? Do you have questions about developing classes, text, kits, or visual aids? Or do you have questions about the practical aspects of teaching, finances, contracts, time management or proposals? Then our Individual Correspondence Course The Art of Teaching Embroidery is for you.

  • The Sampler Family Tree with Carolyn Standing Webb
    Taught by Carolyn Standing Webb (view bio)

    ICC

    Samplers are one of the most recognizable of the forms of historical embroidery. This Individual Correspondence Course with teacher Carolyn Standing Webb will help you to explore the history that is the family tree of samplers with all of the different branches.

  • Virtual Education Course: Queen Catherine’s Book Cover, Bag, and Pyn Pillow with Carolyn Standing Webb
    Taught by Carolyn Standing Webb (view bio)

    Virtual Education Course

    The project set comprises a tasseled, silk-lined bag with different historical designs on each side; a ribbon-tied, book-shaped box that fits inside the bag; and a pin cushion known as a pyn pillow. The pieces are stitched on one side with the traditional black that gives blackwork its name, accented with gold and silver threads and paillettes. Registration: Sept. 6, 2023–Dec. 8, 2023 Class Dates: Feb. 22, 2024–Feb. 24, 2024 This Virtual Education Course is now full. Enter your name and email here to let us know you're interested.

  • Virtual Lecture 33: ‘Este dechado’: Mastering Needlework in Mid-19th Century Mexico with Dr. Lynne Anderson and Dr. Mayela Flores Enriquez
    Taught by Dr. Lynne Anderson and Dr. Mayela Flores Enriquez (view bio)

    Virtual Lectures

    Drs. Lynne Anderson and Mayela Flores will introduce the world of Mexican sampler making, showcasing the unique features of Mexican “dechados” and discussing the important role of needlework in Mexican female education, including how this changed over time due to historical, cultural, and religious influences. Live Lecture Date: Saturday, October 14, 2023 1PM Eastern Live Lecture Registration: September 18 - October 12, 2023 1PM Eastern

  • Virtual Lecture 34: Stitches in Time: Textile Conservation for the Needleworker with Newbie Richardson
    Taught by Newbie Richardson (view bio)

    Virtual Lectures

    Stitches in Time: Textile Conservation for the Needleworker will focus on the unique needs of needlework, quilts, and embroidery in terms of preventive conservation, stabilization, display, and repair. Live Lecture Date: Saturday, November 11, 2023 1PM Eastern Live Lecture Registration: October 16 - November 9, 2023 1PM Eastern

  • Virtual Lecture 35: Reviving the art of embroidery: Lady Victoria Welby and the founding of the Royal School of Needlework, 1872-1881 with Lynn Hulse
    Taught by Lynn Hulse (view bio)

    Virtual Lectures

    Lynn Hulse explores the early history of the Royal School of Needlework (RSN) through the lens of its founder, Lady Victoria Welby (1837-1912). Welby is better known today as a philosopher of language, but during her lifetime she was credited with reviving the art of embroidery, brought into disrepute by the ‘uselessness and ugliness’ of Berlin work, the most popular type of fancy work in the early Victorian period. Live Lecture Date: Sunday, December 17, 2023 1PM Eastern Live Lecture Registration: November 13 - December 15, 2023 1PM Eastern

  • White On White Crazy Quilted Wallpiece with J. Marsha Michler
    Taught by J. Marsha Michler (view bio)

    GCC, Mixed Media and 3D, Crazy Quilting

    White On White Crazy Quilted Wallpiece is an introduction to crazy quilting that presents this artful form of quilting with a small project.